Festival Venues

Festival Day 1 | Friday, October 10

Mid-Continent Public Library: Woodneath Library Center

8900 NE Flintlock Road, Kansas City, Missouri

Mid-Continent Public Library’s Woodneath Library Center, a historic site on the National Register, offers a unique library experience that includes 33 acres of wooded property with trails, an outdoor amphitheater, and an 1855 farmhouse – the home of The Story Center.

Travel times vary throughout the metro. Map your route.

  
Festival DAy 2 | Saturday, October 11

Kansas City Public Library: Central Library

14 W. 10th Street, Kansas City, Missouri

Kansas City Public Library’s Central Library serves as the main resource library for the urban system. The historic, multi-story building, originally home to the First National Bank, has housed the Library’s major service and administrative departments since 2004. The restored 1906 bank lobby with a distinctive 34-foot ceiling and skylight are among many impressive architectural features on display throughout the building.

Travel times vary throughout the metro. Map your driving route.

The Central Library is also well served by public transit, including the KC Streetcar. Plan your trip.

 

Parking at Festival Venues

At Woodneath Library Center, park for free in the adjacent lot. 

At Central Library, parking is free in the garage at 10th and Baltimore with proper validation. The public entrance is north of 10th Street along Baltimore. Visitors must take a paper ticket when entering the garage. Please bring your ticket inside and follow all signs and staff instructions to avoid parking charges.

  • The Central Library garage is the one on the corner of 10th and Baltimore with the giant book spine installation along the south side between Baltimore and Wyandotte.  

  • The Community Bookshelf is a public art installation. Kansas City communities suggested which books should be featured when it was created in 2004. Learn more here.  

  • You can validate your parking ticket (for the Library garage) at the festival check-in tables on the first floor. 

  • If you forgot your ticket in your vehicle, the quickest resolution will be to go back to your vehicle and bring your ticket inside to run it through the validation machine.  

    If you lose your ticket or it has too many validation stamps on it, please ask for help at the Reference Desk on the third floor.